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HELLO EVERYONE.
          
          So.
          
          About the lack of updates.
          
          That one's on me. Completely. 100%. No excuses. (╥﹏╥)
          
          I genuinely thought these revisions would be minor.
          
          You know. A few edits here. A few tweaks there. Maybe fix some dialogue. Clean up a scene or two.
          
          That was a lie.
          
          A complete and utter lie.
          
          Somewhere along the way I opened the document, read over it, and accidentally started rewriting half the story.
          
          I am not exaggerating when I say there are A LOT of changes.
          
          Entire scenes got removed.
          
          Entire scenes got added.
          
          Entire scenes got freaking moved, cause one document got too long, like 20k+ words, I'm not joking (ᗒᗩᗕ).
          
          Some conversations are completely different.
          
          Some characters got expanded.
          
          Some things that were mentioned once now actually matter.
          
          And some of the new additions contain lore that probably looks harmless until three arcs later when it suddenly comes back to bite everyone.
          
          (Yes, this is me looking directly at certain scenes.)
          
          So if you've read an older version before, rereading is probably the best way I can put it. Not forcing anyone, of course! But you may notice that some things are very different from how they originally played out.
          
          I severely underestimated how much work these revisions would take, but honestly? I'm really happy with how it's turning out.
          
          Thank you all so much for your patience, support, comments, votes, and general willingness to stick around while I continue wrestling this story into submission. (•̀ᴗ•́)و
          
          I'll do my best not to disappoint you all with this new version.
          
          Thank you for the love, thank you for the patience, and thank you for continuing this journey with me.
          
          Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go stare at my google docs and pretend I'm done revising it.
          
          (I'm not.)
          
          (Help.)
          
          See you all in the next chapter! ☆(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*
          
          (I swear, I'll try my best to upload the chapters by the end of this week. At the very least three of them, lol. So please don't leave >.<)
          

DUDE IS UR PFP BY BASILEAF?

Heyyyy (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠) how are my fave people doin? I’ve been on hiatus for a few weeks now and I just wanted to pop in. Distance makes the heart grow fonder, eh? Though, I hope y’all are counting the days because LAST I checked my calendar, I’ve got like THREE WEEKS LEFT of uni before summer break here (PHL). Please send help. It is PEAK summer right now and I genuinely feel like I’m being slow-cooked alive every single day(⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠)
          
          Anyways, I’m doing pretty well! We had a group competition recently and we got 2nd place out of 6 groups, so that’s a win, lol. How about you guys?? Hope you’re all doing good too!! Quick update moment: I’ve been feeling way less stressed lately and this hiatus is REALLY helping. I’ve been revising the first few chapters, don’t worry, I’m not forcing myself to write. We heal, we rest, we romanticize productivity at a healthy pace (⁠~⁠￣⁠³⁠￣⁠)⁠~
          
          Now good/bad news depending on YOU:
          I have officially moved past my Leon Kennedy phase (I know, tragic). I might still write for him since I already made bullet points but we’ll see how that goes.
          
          And ANOTHER update (brace yourselves):
          My new hyperfixation is… Harry Potter I’m not even joking, I’ve already come up with THREE separate fic ideas in the past two weeks (I want y'all to guess which characters, lol). So yeah, I’m currently making bullet points for those too, since my brain just won't stop farting out ideas. Be warned, I guess? Especially since my break is coming up. But don’t worry One Piece still has me in a chokehold. That hyperfixation is immortal, I swear (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)
          
          Anyway, that’s it for now. I just wanted to check in, connect with you guys, and also say sorry if I haven’t liked or  replied to some comments yet. Promise I’ll get to them when I have more time! All your support really means a lot to me (⁠｡⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠｡⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠♡ Feel free to rant or reply to this announcement! I’ll definitely read it all, replying though… is another story LMAO
          
          Lovelotssss,
          H. (⁠ ⁠˶⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ꁞ⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠˶⁠ ⁠) 
          
          

Heyyy everyone~~
          
          I know I said I’d be posting teasers every Wednesday, and I’m really sorry to say I don’t have one for this week. I did try, I promise—but this week’s been unexpectedly hectic, and I’m currently studying for a quiz tomorrow, so time is not on my side right now (⁠ ⁠≧⁠Д⁠≦⁠)
          
          I’m not halfway through next chapter yet, but I will be updating on Saturday (PHL time), so trust—you’re still getting your chapter!!
          
          You’ll just have to starve a little this week 乁⁠(⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠ര⁠ ⁠ʖ̯⁠ ⁠ര⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠)⁠ㄏ
          
          Thank you for being patient with me, I appreciate you all so much!! ಡ⁠ ͜⁠ ⁠ʖ⁠ ⁠ಡ
          
          Bye-byeee!!^^

Chapter XXXIII — TEASER
          
          "Does it hurt—" Kureha asked quietly, "when you die?"
          
          Y/N paused.
          
          Just long enough.
          
          "’Course it does."
          
          "Every time?"
          
          Her fingers stilled.
          
          "Hm."
          
          
          
          
          
          
          Short teaser this time, lmao. Gotta keep y’all a little starved for this week—can’t be revealing all much now, can I? (⁠◡⁠ ⁠ω⁠ ⁠◡⁠)
          

Almost forgot to post the teaser—because of course I did, lol. Next chapter is already sitting at 6k words and I’m nowhere near done, so...
          
          At this point, Chapter 32 is shaping up to be long long. 10k words long. Maybe more. I genuinely don’t know anymore.
          
          Also quick note because the app I write on has opinions:
          
          Using *this* means the word is italicized, **this** means bold, and sometimes it’s both—it honestly depends. The app I write on recognizes these as shortcuts, and they also help me keep track of emotion, emphasis, and general ✨pizzazz✨ in long-ass chapters.
          
          So if you spot a few that slipped through in previous chapters… no you didn’t  lmao (but jokes aside, I'll clean them up when I get more free time, trust.)
          
          Anyways, enjoy!!!

Chapter 31: TEASER
          
          
          
          
          Old, sharp eyes followed Nami's every movement.
          
          Measuring.
          
          Judging.
          
          Daring her to try to leave the bed.
          
          Cured or dead.
          
          The words echoed long after the blade was gone, bouncing endlessly inside her skull.
          
          Her chest tightened. Too tight. Like something heavy had settled there and refused to move.
          
          If that was the rule—
          
          Then what did that make Y/N?
          
          The thought cracked something open as memories suddenly surged in.
          
          Y/N hunched over on the ship, skin drained of color as Sanji and Luffy half-carried her below deck, forcing her to rest when she insisted she was fine. The way she’d still dragged herself to Nami’s side afterward—still awake, still calculating, even while her body betrayed her.
          
          Hot. Then cold. Shivering one moment, burning the next.
          
          Her weak smile.
          
          Her jokes that didn’t quite land.
          
          The way her hands trembled as she waved it off.
          
          She’d vomited blood.
          
          She remembered that.
          
          Dalton’s house. The floor, the couch, her own coat streaked dark red. Blood spilling through the strategist’s fingers as she tried—tried—to stop it. It bubbling up anyway, choking her, slipping from her nose as she gasped for air.
          
          Those wet, gurgling breaths.
          
          The sound crawled up Nami’s spine now, lodged behind her ribs, refusing to leave.
          
          She swallowed hard, throat tight, dread sinking deeper with every heartbeat.
          
          Kureha had avoided every question. Skirted around her name. Redirected, dismissed—too deliberate to be coincidence.
          
          Is she dead?
          
          The thought sat there, heavy and unmoving, poisoning everything it touched.
          
          Nami lay rigid on the bed, fingers curling into the sheets, heart pounding so loudly she was sure it could be heard. The warmth she’d woken up to felt thin now. Fragile. Like a lie that could shatter at any moment.
          
          And for the first time since she’d opened her eyes—
          
          She was truly afraid.
          
          

yooo—timeline talk real quick
          
          Sooo I reread some parts of my own work (dangerous activity, i know) and that somehow sent me down a rabbit hole of researching the Little Garden → Drum Island timeline and…
          
          Yeah.
          
          It’s confusing as hell 
          
          Like genuinely. depending on where you look, it’s maybe a day? Maybe more? Maybe oda just spun a wheel and said "eh, sure"? who knows. I had a brief moment of "oh no did I do this wrong" before remembering that the One Piece timeline is notoriously vague and allergic to exact numbers.
          
          So yes, what I wrote is my interpretation of the timing. It might not line up perfectly with every canon breakdown, but it works for the story, the pacing, and the emotional beats I needed (and also for the suffering. unfortunately.)
          
          I hope y’all don’t mind me being a little off. please forgive me for my chronological sins. The timeline forgives no one, not even me.
          
          Also—important note: this is not the snippet/teaser i promised  i’m only starting to write the next chapter today, so consider this a lore + sanity update instead. 
          
          teaser will come once the words actually exist, trust.
          
          That's all, bye-byeeee!!^^

          Heyyy everyone~ 
          
          How y'all doinggg?? Lol.
          
          Anywayssss, quick little update! Chapter 23 should be up tomorrow afternoon or night. I’m still wrapping it up, and for some reason it’s taking way longer than usual ಠ⁠ಗ⁠ಠ
          
          I think it’s because I’m still on break and not in my usual “panic-write-at-night” mode (I am, unfortunately, a crammer at heart). But don’t worry—I’m working on it and will post as soon as it’s ready!
          
          That’s all for now—bye-byeee!
          
          

Hiii! I’ve seen you in the comments of One Piece fics and I was wondering if you could have a read of my new Zoro x Reader. It’s short and a work in progress at the moment but i would realy appreciate the views and maybe any feedback if you can? Thank you so much! https://www.wattpad.com/story/405665615?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_writing&wp_page=create&wp_uname=ymirssegzygf